At E3 2019, Ubisoft officially revealedWatch Dogs Legion, which looks to be making some major changes to theWatch Dogsformula. Arguably the biggest change is howWatch Dogs Legiondoesn’t have a main character, but instead makes virtually every NPC in the game playable, each with their own backstories and special abilities. We got a look at some of the playable characters at E3, but now Ubisoft has revealed a new trailer detailing even more of the NPCs players will be able to recruit inWatch Dogs Legion, including one that may die randomly.
In the newWatch Dogs Legiontrailer, revealed during the Gamescom Stadia Connect presentation, fans can get their first look at an elderly man named Alan Murphy. Murphy enjoys +100% damage when using rifles, but hasn’t been to the doctor in 25 years. Due to his age and failure to keep up with his health, Murphy can die randomly, and sinceWatch Dogs Legionhas permadeath, once he’s dead, he’s gone forever.
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Besides the ill-fated Alan Murphy, theWatch Dogs Legiontrailer highlighted some other NPCs that players can recruit. There’s also Viktor Lysenko, a drunk who gains +50% damage resistance after drinking alcohol, as well as Sue Taylor, a lawyer who has a 25% chance of automatically getting any captured operatives out of jail immediately.
Sincealmost every NPC inWatch Dogs Legioncan be recruited, there will surely be many more playable characters revealed for the game between now and its release next year. In the meantime, this new approach to the series seems to be paying off for Ubisoft, as quirky characters like Alan Murphy and the retired elderly assassin Helen (revealed in the E3 trailer) helping the game stand out from the sea of other open world titles on the market.
The uniqueness of each character seems to be one of the strongest elements ofWatch Dogs Legion, and it will be exciting to see if every other character in the game is as unique as the ones revealed in the trailers. We’ll find out whenWatch Dogs Legionlaunches next year.
Watch Dogs Legionlaunches March 6 for PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One.
